
2009 Global Integrity Report Provides In-Depth Analysis of Latest Trends in Anti-Corruption.
Key Issues raised on rerformance for many Countries, including the United States. Impact of Foreign Aid on curbing corruption is questioned..see International Surveys.
Report to World Trade Organization highlights major worker abuse in El Salvador' - International Trade Union Confederation reports "many of the 67,000 mostly women workers employed in the country’s 15 export processing zones suffer from appalling treatment." See Surveys & Trends

Institute of Directors of South Africa Develops Web-Based Corporate Governance Assessment Approaches...see Boardroom
"Murky Waters"
CERES report finds key faults at major global corporations – they fall short in managing, disclosing Water Scarcity Risks
UK Beverage Firm, Swiss Mining Co., Arizona utility post highest scores among 100 companies in benchmarking study...see CSR Surveys & Trends.
BOARD of CalPERS TOUGHENS ETHICS GUIDELINES - CalPERS is the largest public pension fund in the United States with about $200 billion in market assets. It provides retirement benefits to more than 1.6 million State, school and local public employees, retirees and their families, and health benefits for nearly 1.3 million members in California. The Board’s Code of Ethics as well as conflict-of-interest rules is being incorporated into the Governance Principles, creating a single document....see Boardroom Reform
$$$ MONEY LAUNDERING - Financial Action Task Force Highlights Coiuntries With Serious Coimpliance Issues - including:
Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Ecuador, Angola, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, São Tomé and Príncipe.Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen ...see Money Laundering
upcoming fraud and corruption conference
conference information marcus evans contact David Drey
The organizers note: - "Attending this event will promote benchmarking and networking across industries with other professionals in this field, and will help you to keep up on the emerging issues as well as scams that are out there. Attendees will learn the perspective of these agencies and will stay up-to-date on the current issues in fraud management." (also see News from NGOs)
NEW BOOK "The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS," by Rick Rowden, published by Zed Books
The book explains not only how IMF policies of restrictive spending have exacerbated public health problems in developing countries, in particular the HIV/AIDS crisis, but also how such issues cannot be resolved under these economic policies. Rowden is an international economic development analyst.